Questions about recovery from failure. This includes file corruption or deletion and broken software components after an update. For lost data, "data-recovery" may be a better tag.
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How to recover deleted files?
Are there any tools, methods, incantations to recover recently deleted files on Ubuntu?
If it makes any difference, I want to recover a Keepass 2.x database file. But would be better to have a ...
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Recovering grub after installing windows 7? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I repair grub? (How to get Ubuntu back after installing Windows?)
I installed windows7 after it crashed and now i am unable to boot ubuntu. ubuntu partitions are ...
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1answer
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How can I make my laptop “phone home” if it ever gets stolen?
If my laptop ever gets stolen, I want it to make an attempt to "phone home" so that I can track it down.
What can I set up to accomplish this?
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3answers
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How do I add myself back as a sudo user?
I clean-installed Ubuntu 11.10 today, and then installed VirtualBox. This required me to add myself to the vboxusers group, and since 11.10 seems to no longer have a graphical app to add users to a ...
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Is there a way to recover files from a storage device partially overwritten with dd?
I'm an idiot, I was writing an image to a USB drive using dd when instead of typing /dev/sdb I typed /dev/sdd and wrote the 135mb image to my 750gb External Hardrive full of files. Is there ANY ...
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How can I make an Ubuntu recovery image
I am about to expand my Ubuntu partition, so I think I should make a backup of current one in case something goes wrong.
Is there some software to make a bootable USB and recovery image?
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2answers
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Tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive
What is the best tool for recovering deleted data from a flash drive (pen drive)?
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4answers
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Is there any recovery software available for ext4?
Well, I have accidentally deleted my Ubuntu drive. I just want to recover all the contents of /home.
Is there a way to do it? I referred to foremost, where I need to specify the extensions of files. ...
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1answer
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Cannot lock '/etc/group' in recovery mode
I've currently booted into recovery mode, because I removed my sole user from admin :/
When I run adduser oadams admin, I get gpasswd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later.
For what it's worth, ...
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3answers
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Unable to boot into 11.10 in normal (get a black screen) OR recovery (get just a flashing cursor, no cli)
Okay, so I had a dual boot of Tango Studio (based on Ubuntu 10.04) and Windows XP.
Yesterday I downloaded the .iso for Ubuntu 11.10 and attempted to install from a USB (my BIOS won't normally boot ...
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3answers
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Anyway to make a liveCD from my current installation?
Remastersys is no longer maintained and UCK as well as Live-Magic aren't exactly what I'm looking for as they remaster a livecd. What I'm aiming for is something like PCLOS's makelivecd so I can have ...
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2answers
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Recovering user files with a Live CD
For some reason my bootup isn't working. I get an error akin to "Operating System Not Found". So I tried bootrepair, and that didn't work. So then I decided I would just save my personal files, wipe ...
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2answers
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NTFS partition becomes read-only after system upgrade?
I was using ubuntu 11.04 on my Laptop. While installing it from a DVD, I have created a 10 GB NTFS partition at the beginning of the hard disk, as primary. All other partitions ( swap, a ext3, a ext4 ...
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4answers
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Adding SSH Keys to Authorized_Keys
I have an Ubuntu server on Amazon EC2, that I use for development, and today I stupidly cleared everything out of the authorized_keys file for SSH. Luckily I have an SSH open, so I am still ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu deleted files from guest account desktop
I have Ubuntu 12.10 and was using guest account. I downloaded some files on desktop and shutdown my m/c after use. Now today when I logged in to guest account to copy those files but surprisingly ...
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3answers
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Best tool to recover removed files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to recover deleted files?
Using Ubuntu 10.10, I have a startup script that automatically removes my 'working directory'. This is a simple folder on my Desktop where ...
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Tool for File Recover | Deleted Files Recovery
Advise me please some recovery tools for File Recover | Deleted Files Recovery | Damaged Files
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1answer
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How to boot into Single-User recovery mode?
In desktop Ubuntu there is handy GRUB menu, but there is no such menu in Ubuntu Server. How do I get into recovery (single-user) mode on Ubuntu Server then?
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2answers
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How to restore /etc/services?
Using tee without the --append flag, I just managed to clear out my /etc/services file.
Can someone send me their copy from Maverick?
How to recover from silly mistakes like this on the command ...
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4answers
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is it necessary to delete the recovery partition?
I have Windows 7 on my HP laptop and I want to install Ubuntu.
I tried to shrink my boot and system partition, it does not allow me to shrink the partition more than 97 MB. Is it necessary to delete ...
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2answers
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I can't boot into a usable system after updates. What should I do?
Due to updates, my machine can no longer boot properly. I am no Ubuntu guru. I do not have a week to spare diagnosing the issue. I just want to retrieve important data from this machine's hard drive ...
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2answers
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How to find reasons for journal recovery
Recently, when I've been starting my computer I'm informed that it is recovering the journal for one of my ext3 partitions.
One might expect this behaviour if the computer shutdown improperly, but, ...
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2answers
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How do I get my USB keyboard to not freeze up in the recovery menu? [closed]
I am using Ubuntu 11.10, and whenever I enter the recovery menu, my keyboard freezes and I can't make any selections. I have tried using GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="usb usb_keyboard" but this doesn't help ...
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2answers
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Can't start without X server in order to install video drivers
On 10.10 I was able to make quick Video Drivers installs just by starting Ubuntu in "recovery mode", which would me allow to modify the X server. But now if I start the system in recovery mode it ...
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2answers
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How to reset lost user password on a guest on VMWare server?
I have a ubuntu 10.10 VMWare image that I set up a while back and have forgotten the login details. Normally I'd boot into single user mode to fix this, but I'm having trouble doing this on the ...
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1answer
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Create Ubuntu recovery partition [duplicate]
I have an HP laptop that came with Windows 7 installed with a recovery partition which was accessible through the boot menu in the same way you could access the bios. I wanted to be able to create an ...
5
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1answer
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12.04 home encrypted and I have written down encryption passphrase. How to reset login password?
I set up a friend with 12.04 and he forgot his password. I encrypted his home directory and I have written down the encryption passphrase during the first boot. If he changed his password after I ...
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4answers
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Recover 1TB disk erased with startup disk creator
Hello. I was trying to make a bootable flash drive from the startup disk creator, and when I went to erase the flash drive I accidentally erased the wrong drive, a 1TB removable drive. The operation ...
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4answers
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Possibility of recovering files from a dd zero-filled hard disk
I have "zero filled" (complete wiped) an external hard disk using dd, and from what I have heard: people said you should at least "zero fill" 3 times to be sure that the data are really wiped and no ...
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2answers
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How to boot to root shell when GRUB recovery menu fails to load a shell?
Can't seem to boot into root shell in recovery mode from GRUB. I try booting into recovery mode from the GRUB menu and don't ever get a shell, just log messages from the kernel bootup. Ctrl+Alt+F1-F12 ...
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2answers
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How to exit the recovery console?
I was having problems with Ubuntu 11.04 freezing up with Firefox, then it was freezing up with other applications as well.
At login I tried Recovery Console and now I can't get out of it. Ubuntu ...
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1answer
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Recover accidentally removed files on NTFS partition
I accidentally removed some files on a NTFS partition
How can I recover them staying inside Linux without0 rebooting ?
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1answer
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Recovering Files from a Corrupt CD/DVD
I have certain old CD/DVD's which are not in good condition. I want to recover from them anything that can be recovered. in windows you had software like Isobuster and Cd Recovery which will let me do ...
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5answers
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Install Ubuntu on ThinkPad, recovery section must remain intact
I want to install Ubuntu on a Lenovo ThinkPad T500 that I've got. However, due to some licensing and warranty issues, the recovery section on the disk (the one that enables the "ThinkVantage" button) ...
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2answers
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I unexpetedly deleted administrator account and the other accounts are asking root password
I unexpectedly deleted my user account (the only administrator for the machine). I have another account which is standard account now i cant access my hard disk or anything with that standard account ...
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2answers
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Recover EXT4 Partition from Interrupted Resize
world! [that's funny, it automatically takes out leading "hello"s]
I'm installing Ubuntu on a friend's laptop, and I encountered a problem while resizing the Ubuntu partition. I was expanding it to ...
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2answers
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Is there any record of group membership changes?
I followed bad instructions and left the -a out of:
usermod -a -G wireshark ak
Now all of my groups have been lost, including sudo permissions:
$ groups
ak wireshark
If I understand correctly, I ...
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3answers
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Ntfs recovery software for ubuntu?
I need a free linux application to recover some files on an NTFS. Please suggest me a best one?
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2answers
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How to recover removed packages with the purge flag?
I accidently removed a package with the purge flag and it removed large parts of the Ubuntu system, including the pulseaudio server, the software center, system settings and many, many other programs ...
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1answer
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Enable Wi-Fi in Recovery Terminal
How do I enable WiFi from the Ubuntu 11.10 netroot recovery terminal?
After just 12 hours with Ubuntu, I managed to destroy my ATI fglrx drivers and now I can't repair them without Internet access.
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Does selecting “Remove Windows” option during install remove all my Windows partitions?
I had Windows 7 installed on my laptop, I installed Ubuntu and chosen the option to delete everything. But when I clicked that, it deleted my windows 7 partitions.
C: Windows
E: Documents
F: ...
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1answer
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Recovering data from /
I accidentally installed Ubuntu to one of my data drives from Windows. The drive was a NTFS drive and contained about 80 GB of important data. The size of the drive is 110 GB. Its new file system is ...
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1answer
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Is it possible to recover unflushed data from the disk/page cache?
In Ubuntu, I move some file to a USB stick, using mv dir/file /media/7EXXX/swap/. When finishing this, I forget to "safely remove" before physically removing usb stick. Now, the file is not shown in ...
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3answers
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recover LVM after hdd crash
Yesterday, one hdd of my LVM crashed (smart-error)
The Machine has the following setup:
- 4 hdds
- 1 Partition Raid10 (System, 4*50GB)
- 1 Partition normal (/boot, 200MB, sda)
- 1 Partition LVM2 ...
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2answers
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How to recover .ecryptfs directory , and other contents of home directory
I am encountering this error
Install problem: configuration files for gnome power manager have not been installed correctly
I went to Recovery console and mistakenly deleted .ecryptfs
/home# rm ...
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3answers
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How do I recover documents from a broken Ubuntu installation?
I installed Ubuntu on a hard drive that had Windows XP installed so I could dual-boot the two operating systems. Everything was fine but now I can't boot into XP or Ubuntu. I had some important ...
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2answers
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How to recover a lost partition on Ubuntu?
I had two Linux OS installed on my machine: Backtrack 5 Gnome and Backtrack5 KDE. I updated the Gnome version and when I rebooted my Grub2 boot manager displayed a grub rescue> command line.
I ...
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2answers
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How I can recover a previous version of a file?
I modified a .txt file and saved it. When I opened it again, I saw that I deleted one thing from the last version I saved. So I would like to know if I can recover what I deleted?
This file is very ...
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3answers
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I failed to safely eject my USB drive and lost data…how do I get it back?
I have to admit I didn't "Safetly Eject", but I have done this a million times... what gives, and how do I get my data back??
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1answer
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I lost Unity desktop when I uninstalled nautilus. How to get it back?
I did something silly I think.
I wanted to use dolphin as default file manager. So I used package manager (synaptic) to remove nautilus file manager (because Ubuntu makes it so hard to change the ...
